Word: furor
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Despite Epps' rhetoric, though, can studentsexpect real initiative or just another round ofhand-waving until the furor subsides? This fall,Harvard will embark on its second attempt in 15years to develop a coherent approach to improvingcampus race relations...
...Boipatong furor seems to have shaken De Klerk. His security forces moved with uncharacteristic speed in tracking down the suspected killers. Police commissioner Johannes van der Merwe said the preliminary police investigation showed that "certain residents" of a Zulu migrant-workers' hostel were involved but denied that government forces participated. De Klerk also agreed to allow international jurists to join a continuing independent inquiry into the violence. Yet the A.N.C. will expect a more permanent change of attitude on the part of the government toward halting the violence if reform is to have any hope...
...wake of an ongoing investigation into sexual harassment that marked last year's four-day gathering. In the midst of running up thousands of dollars in bar bills, a few carousing pilots remained dexterous enough to grope at more than 26 women in the Las Vegas Hilton, sparking a furor that continues to grow...
Kennedy's memo drew a response from three of his colleagues, including Professor of Law Alan M. Dershowitz, who called the furor over the spoof a "McCarthyite witch hunt" in his syndicated Los Angeles Times column yesterday...
...Corning Corp., which pioneered silicone-gel breast implants in 1962, last week became the third manufacturer to abandon the market. The target of hundreds of lawsuits that could cost the company $1 billion, Dow Corning finally succumbed to the national furor that erupted over allegations that the implants can cause major health problems...